Heroes of Mana is another one worth checking out

 

Awesome guys! I will check heroes of mana and fire emblem out thanks!

 

There are Fire Emblems for the Famicom and Super Famicom (none of which have been nicely translated), a game called Tear Ring Saga for the Playstation (it was made by the Original Fire Emblem Guy, and is better then all of the other Fire Emblem games combined (from what I've heard)) and a PS2 sequel to Tear Ring Saga called Berwick Saga (also in Japanese(more impotantly, not in English)).

 

Thanks for the info on fire emblem. I think I have one for the gba one Somewhere. I will look for it and give it a shot. I guess it was a good idea to keep my ps2 and gamecube instead of trading it in lol. Now I just need to buy the games and i'm set

 

Advance wars is one of my favorites.

 

endwar and advance wars is strategy, not tactical RPG.

That said, other than FFTA, I can't think of any other one, except maybe Luminous Arc.

Also, Heroes of Mana isn't a tactical RPG, it's more to strategy, as I don't recall they have levels, battle units are made fresh with each battle

 

I don't like FFTA. There's no challenge, all the characters except for the main ones have no personality. The only things I like about it are music and story.

 

+1 for the Fire Emblem games. The gba ones that is

And yes, try the original Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Its REALLY good. And the second one (on DS) is pretty darn entertaining as well

just make SURE you put the difficulty on hard. Trust me, playing it on easy gets shit mid game.

 

Anything in the Tales series... although there are none on the DS... and FFTA2. I can't think of anything else. The 2 summon knights for GBA were great, but they are essentially tales games...

 

Naw, ain't like that in Fire Emblem! Each unit is unique. They all have their own faces, names, personalities, abilities. Not like in Final Fantasy Tactics. I can get like twelve guys that look identical and do almost the same thing and never speak a word.

Their situation is not helped by the fact that when they die I can simply revive them.

I have not played any real-time strategy games except a Total Annihilation demo. The lack of unit characterization doesn't bother me much since the units are faceless robots and tanks.

Even then, the fact that they can't be revived makes them more likable than the Final Fantasy Tactics guys.

The story in Fire Emblem is kind of plain (evil empire, assasins, bad dudes plotting bad things), but it when characters die it works because you've seen actual (simulated) death. The best example I can think of right now is when ~spoiler Jaffar kills Leila~. They use the regular attack animations and everything. Not like in the Final Fantasy games. Why can't we just use a phoenix down or cast life on you-know-who-dies-in-Final-Fantasy-VII?

I've been replaying the GBA Fire Emblem games, and I've resolved not to reset at all. It's intense.